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PEOPLE EX REL. BEADLE v. PAROLE & PARDON BD.

No. 40957.

40 Ill.2d 290 (1968)

239 N.E.2d 782

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Edward Beadle et al., Petitioners, v. THE ILLINOIS PAROLE AND PARDON BOARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN W. BURGESS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for petitioners.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN J. O'TOOLE and THOMAS E. BRANNIGAN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Writ denied.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The question in this mandamus action is whether petitioners are entitled to time credit for good behavior (good time) on the second of two consecutive sentences earned while serving the first sentence. They seek to compel the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board to grant them a parole hearing.

Petitioner Henry Smith, Jr. was convicted of murder and three charges of armed robbery...

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